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Root password (or the hash)

If not set, sudo will be configured for the user account

Upload SSH keys for the root account.
Upload a file or use an username for github, gitlab or Debian gitlab or specify a custom download URL.

GitHub user name
GitLab.com user name
salsa.debian.org user name
Custom URL for ssh public keys (e.g. https://yourdomain.org/bob-ssh.keys)

Git user name or custom URL

Disk partitioning scheme

You can add one public available package repository

Only http(s) is allowed. Examples:
http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable

Add packages to be installed

Separate with spaces, multiple names on one line are fine

Enable recommended packages for your custom package list

Custom script to put into /usr/local/bin/

Execute this script during first boot

Grub options (optional)

Will be used during installation and for the new system

Data partition

Add a writeable 300MB data partition (ext4) to the ISO (more info)

reboot computer after installation
shutdown the computer at the end
wait to press Return at the end.

You should change the user and root password after installation
For the keyboard layout we assume Generic 105-key PC
To change the keyboard layout call dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
The timezone will be set to UTC. To change the timezone call dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

FAI.me. Build your own Installation ISO for Linux Mint 22.1

FAI.me. Build your own
Installation ISO for Linux Mint 22.1